IEEE has recently released a brand new option for IEEE Xplore digital library subscribers to access their subscription remotely. IEEE Remote Access is now an option for IP authenticated customers to offer roaming access to users who need to access the institutional IEEE Xplore subscription off-site. This feature is now...

In the spirit and fun of college basketball's March Madness, the Ohio History Connection and Kelvin Smith Library invite you to participate in Ohio Memory Madness - a bracket of sixty-four historical events from across the state all competing for the unique distinction of being named the 2015 Ohio Memory...

On February 28, 2015, ProQuest will be upgrading its systems infrastructure to improve performance, security, and overall reliability of your products. The window is scheduled to begin at 10 PM Eastern Standard Time and will last for five (5) hours. Resources included will be ProQuest databases, Chadwyck-Healey databases, RefWorks, and...

Copyright issues in the last several years have raised awareness about how our courts, Congress, and international bodies are taking a closer look at limitations on exclusive rights - known to us as the fair use doctrine. Where is it written? What exactly is fair use? What does it do...

Take part in an "edit-a-thon" to improve Wikipedia coverage of women and the arts

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:58:13 EST

A 2011 Wikimedia survey found that less than 13% of Wikipedia contributors are female. The reasons for this gender gap are up for debate, but the effect of this disparity results in skewed content and the absence of Wikipedia articles on many notable women in history and art. In coordination...

Kelvin Smith Library's Research Guides (http://researchguides.case.edu/) will be down for planned upgrades for about 90 minutes on Friday, February 13, beginning at 10:00 p.m. U.S. EST / 7:00 p.m. PST. During the outage, you can submit questions through various options at Ask A Librarian (http://library.case.edu/ask) and we will get back...

The 2015 Knovel Academic Challenge is in full effect! For 8 weeks, starting February 8th, students from 340+ universities from around the world will compete head-to-head for points and prizes, while solving real-life engineering problem sets. The Challenge immerses students in a professional problem-solving environment using Knovel's optimized search, trusted...

Learn how the last year at KSL was "Powered by You" in our FY14 annual report

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:40:37 EST

The last year at KSL has been one of significant milestones. In our FY2014 annual report, take a look at how students, faculty, staff, donors and alumni are fueling KSL's progress as the knowledge and creativity commons of Case Western Reserve University. The report is available now at: http://library.case.edu/ksl/annualreport/...

Kelvin Smith Library will host presentations by the 2014 Freedman Fellows, Dr. Melvyn Goldstein (John Reynolds Harkness Professor of Anthropology, co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet) and Dr. Justin Gallagher (Assistant Professor, Economics). The fellows will discuss their research and how the Freedman Fellows program provided solutions...

Registration is now open for Kelvin Smith Library's spring CaseLearns courses. These free classes are available to all Case Western Reserve University students, faculty, staff and alumni. With more new classes this semester than ever before, take advantage of the unique offerings available to you this spring. Some of the...

Kelvin Smith Library is pleased to announce the availability of a draft for comment of the new KSL Strategic Plan for 2015-2018. The draft includes a brief summary of KSLâs accomplishments under the previous KSL Strategic Plan (2011-2014) upon which the new plan builds, an overview of the knowledge ecosystem...

With a new semester underway, the experts at KSL have curated 5 things each for undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members to keep in mind about the library in 2015. Visit http://library.case.edu/ksl/newsletter/spring2015/ to view the KSL services, spaces and resources that can make life a little easier this year!...

Attend the formal opening of "Risking Everything," a Freedom Summer exhibit and presentation by James Kates, a former Freedom Rider and member of the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement. Mr. Kates currently co-directs the non-profit literary publishing house, Zephyr Press, publishers of Letters from Mississippi: Reports from Civil...

The deadline to submit images from your research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to KSL's "Art of STEM" contest has been extended to February 15, 2015. "Art of STEM" challenges Case Western Reserve University faculty, students and staff to capture or visually communicate the beauty inherent to scientific enterprise...

Videos are now available of the two colloquia that were recently hosted and organized by Kelvin Smith Library, and co-sponsored by the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries, Vanderbilt University Libraries, and Washington University in St. Louis Libraries. The videos of both events can be accessed via the URLs below....

Learning is a lifelong pursuit. Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) wants to support your personal growth after graduation. All alumni are welcome to visit KSL, have a cup of coffee or snack in Cramelot cafe, browse the collections, or attend a lecture or exhibit. While at KSL you may use one of our Guest computers to access our collection of research databases, e-books, digital journals, statistical and scientific datasets, and much more.

We have also developed a suite of resources and services that will allow you to continue to enjoy some of the advantages you had as a student such as borrowing books and films, taking classes to keep up with the latest multimedia technology, using research database from your home or anywhere you have an internet connection.

Kelvin Smith Library and the Case Alumni Association currently collaborate to fund this offering of online resources for your personal lifelong learning. All CWRU alumni are eligible for the following Kelvin Smith Library alumni benefits, at no charge. To register, you will need your CWRU ID and password. If you need this information, please contact Information Technology Services at 216-368-4357. Get started today by clicking "Sign Up."

After registration information is shared with publishers, KSL mails you a unique alumni portal url, a new library username & password, and a borrower's card. You should expect the information in about one business week. Use the online resources from the convenience of your home or from wherever you have an Internet connection. A physical card and welcome letter will follow in the postal mail.

Licensing restrictions do not allow alumni access to all of the Case online resources that are available to current students, the KSL Alumni Online library provides access to selected research databases covering a wide variety of subjects.

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Academic Search Alumni Edition: Multidisciplinary with full text from 3,000+ journals and article abstracts from 8,000+.

Business Expert Press EBooks: Written by scholars and practitioners for concise, practical knowledge in broad business categories & focused tracks. Several Case faculty are editors for BEP.

Business Source Alumni Edition: 1,530 full text business magazines & journals, including 770 a peer-reviewed titles.

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost): Varied disciplines. Easy to read when selecting from item's table of contents link. ('Download' requires user to have created a personal folder workspace from the top of the screen.)

Times (London) Digital Archives 1785-1985: 200 years of the newspaper's graphics, articles, and advertisements.

JSTOR: Full text of 1,300+ journals from first issue to the early 2000s. Titles are from humanities, arts, social sciences, business & management, and the sciences. (Licensed available content is color-coded.)

If you know of a great resource make a suggestion for an addition to this collection.

Borrow materials from circulating collections at the Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) and the Harris Library at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (MSASS).

Use your online library account to keep track of your materials & renew online. Loan privileges and policies are the same for alumni as they are for currently enrolled & employed university individuals.

Order directly from the the 89 OhioLINK libraries & SearchOhio public libraries. Alumni cards give you up to 5 concurrent OhioLINK transactions.

Interlibrary loan - Request articles from the Kelvin Smith Library collections. Logon to the ILLiad system & set up a First Time User alumni profile. E-mail alerts notify you when the article is available.

Freedman Center is a full-service multimedia center. It offers an array of services to alumni, including access to hardware and software tools, including video and audio capture and conversion, video and audio editing and authoring, and a full suite of tools for creating web pages and websites, animation, recording podcasts or voice, as well as tools for self-directed language learning.

Don’t want to do it yourself? The Freedman Center also offers an array of Premium Services for a minimal fee. These include 8mm and 16mm film conversion, slide scanning, photo printing, and large item scanning (including paintings, maps, and blueprints). See their website for more information at: http://library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/

Take CaseLearns Classes. Alumni card holders can also take CaseLearns classes on topics like the principles of digital imaging, digital video and audio, web design, using geospatial data and statistics and more. You may view each semester’s schedule and register online at: http://library.case.edu/caselearns/

Help When You Need It!

You are not on your own when it comes to using these resources. You also can draw on expert reference assistance to help you navigate the selected databases. Research Services Librarians can talk to you via email, text messaging, phone, visits, or live chat service to get you started using the alumni databases. Ask A Librarian now for help.

Valuable tools to do research on business information, history, leisure topics, science and technology advancements. It is convenient and available any time, anywhere- Wong ('85)

This service has allowed me to remain up to date on the latest thinking in business and has kept me linked to the University in a fashion that no other alumni service has- Franklin ('01)

Primary draw for me of the KSL Alum membership is access to full-text journals (as many as possible!). Without a university affiliation, it's exorbitantly expensive to keep up with the journals in my field - Frost ('08)